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Full Text of HB3759  99th General Assembly

HB3759 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

  
  

 


 
99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
HB3759

 

Introduced , by Rep. La Shawn K. Ford

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
815 ILCS 505/2WW

    Amends the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act. Provides that a wireless telephone service provider may not terminate service to a consumer for non-payment of charges that the consumer disputes unless the provider sends written notice of the termination at least 14 days before the termination date.


LRB099 11159 JLS 31646 b

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

HB3759LRB099 11159 JLS 31646 b

1    AN ACT concerning business.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business
5Practices Act is amended by changing Section 2WW as follows:
 
6    (815 ILCS 505/2WW)
7    Sec. 2WW. Wireless telephone service provider; third party
8billings.
9    (a) A wireless telephone service provider shall provide a
10contact telephone number and brief description of the service
11for all third-party billings on the consumer's bill, to the
12extent allowed by federal law, or through a customer service
13representative. For purposes of this Section, "third-party
14billings" means any billing done by a wireless telephone
15service provider on behalf of a third party where the wireless
16telephone service provider is merely the billing agent for the
17third party with no ability to provide refunds, credits, or
18otherwise adjust the billings.
19    (b) A wireless telephone service provider may not terminate
20service to a consumer for non-payment of charges that the
21consumer disputes unless the provider sends written notice of
22the termination at least 14 days before the termination date.
23(Source: P.A. 94-567, eff. 1-1-06; 95-331, eff. 8-21-07.)